Genomic analysis of field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) provides insights into mechanisms of adaptation to high elevation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding how organisms evolve and adapt to extreme habitats is of crucial importance in evolutionary ecology. Altitude gradients are an important determinant of the distribution pattern and range of organisms due to distinct climate conditions at different altitudes. High-altitude regions often provide extreme environments including low temperature and oxygen concentration, poor soil, and strong levels of ultraviolet radiation, leading to very few plant species being able to populate elevation ranges greater than 4000 m. Field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) is a valuable oilseed crop and emerging model plant distributed across an elevation range of nearly 4500 m. Here, we generate an improved genome assembly to understand how this species adapts to such different envi

SUBMITTER: Geng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8296595 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature